Corporate Detective Agency Essen, Germany | Corporate Investigators Essen

Few German cities illustrate the development into a metropolis as strongly linked to a single company as Essen: the Krupp AG, today ThyssenKrupp; still one of the largest, most well-known, and most popular employers in Essen, the Ruhr Area, and the whole state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was probably the greatest fortune for the then small town of Essen, which traces its origins to a women’s collegiate foundation established in 845, that the company founder Friedrich Krupp was born in this 3,000-inhabitant town in 1787 and later decided to keep his company local. At times, it became the largest industrial enterprise in Europe and a symbol of quality: “Hard as Krupp steel”.

However, not only coal and the Krupps, firmly rooted in Essen since the 16th century, symbolise the city’s economy. While they were mainly responsible for Essen’s rise to prominence, diversification has long since taken place in the city’s economic structure. Essen’s economic power is now distributed across several very strong shoulders: nine of the 100 highest-revenue German companies have their headquarters in Essen. Six of the 50 strongest companies in Germany are based here (RWE, ThyssenKrupp, ALDI Nord, Hochtief, E.ON, and Schenker AG) – no other city surpasses this (as of 2015). Thanks to its central location in Europe, Essen offers enormous sales and market potential, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises reliant on regional customers. Investigation services such as Kurtz Detective Agency Essen naturally also benefit from this.

Essen Today: Energy and Water Metropolis

As the centre of the Ruhr metropolitan region with over 5 million inhabitants, and of the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation with over 10 million people, and as the location of numerous market-leading companies in the fields of environment and energy, Essen plays a key role in the supply and management of energy and water. Essen is, however, a latecomer: well into the 19th century, inhabitants relied on wells and springs. Only in 1863 was construction of a pumping station begun to meet the needs of an industrialised city. The location in the heart of Europe, with excellent rail, road, and air connections, is ideal for the settlement of large, medium-sized, and small companies (such as Kurtz Detective Agency Essen).

Impressive Economic Development of Essen – Basis for the Work of a Corporate Investigator in Essen

Between 2002 and 2012, Essen’s economy grew more strongly than in any other of Germany’s ten largest cities. Both gross domestic product (31.1 per cent) and gross value added (30.2 per cent) reached record growth rates. However, German companies suffer annual losses in the billions due to criminal activities by employees, business partners, and competitors.

Individual employees commit theft, and sometimes acts of sabotage. Expenses are over-claimed, employees call in sick while working for competitors, and so on. Competitors attempt to acquire technological solutions, patents, or other company secrets through industrial espionage. Cases of unfair practices or credit endangerment occur. Companies are extorted, threatened, or coerced. The demand and potential for corporate investigations grows year by year. Accordingly, the IHK-certified detective specialists of Kurtz Detective Agency Essen are available for corporate investigations: +49 201 3840 9057.

Service Offerings of Kurtz Corporate Investigation Essen

Kurtz Detective Agency Essen offers the following corporate investigations:

• Investigations of theft, sabotage, disclosure of trade secrets, and similar offences
• Surveillance in cases of suspected wage fraud
• Surveillance in cases of suspected undeclared work
• Surveillance in cases of suspected expense or billing fraud
• Surveillance in cases of secondary or additional employment (violations of competition clauses, non-compete agreements, and others)
• Verification of job applicants
• Detection of illegal activities by competitors
• Investigations into patent and competition violations
• Employee infiltration
• Investigations in cases of repeated property damage

Discretion

Companies do not always wish to have internal matters handled publicly by the courts. Evidence obtained by our corporate investigators in Essen frequently allows for an out-of-court settlement with the employee acting illegally. You can rely on our discretion.